And while people feel scandalized at the espionage villainies lately revealed in the highest military spheres of France, they do not notice that amongst themselves, perhaps under their own roofs, the same and even worse things are being committed by both the official and private detective agencies.
Kropotkin highlights the hypocrisy of public outrage over state espionage while ignoring similar abuses occurring in their own communities.
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